02-10-2006, 05:39 PM
It's an industry that employs a lot of people and it's revenue.
Smoking can kill.
Alcohol is an industry that employs many and it's revenue.
Drinking can kill.
Where do you stop and draw the line ?
Making it a controlled substance will only create a black market (the high taxes are allready creating one) and the subsequent crime that goes along with it.
Do you really want to pay for incarceration for tobacco ?
What we have now for a deterrant is probably best.
Smoking can kill.
Alcohol is an industry that employs many and it's revenue.
Drinking can kill.
Where do you stop and draw the line ?
Making it a controlled substance will only create a black market (the high taxes are allready creating one) and the subsequent crime that goes along with it.
Do you really want to pay for incarceration for tobacco ?
What we have now for a deterrant is probably best.